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Offline 1212FBGS

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450+ what?
« on: July 25, 2007, 02:37:22 AM »
on the home page poll.... the current results list 21% of respondents think there will be a pass faster than 450mph..!..?...and just what vehicle do they think will go faster than 450?

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Re: 450+ what?
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2007, 06:26:25 AM »
Perhaps the EV guru's electric bike? Sorry, sick joke.
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Re: 450+ what?
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2007, 08:19:28 AM »
New pole, new pole!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Re: 450+ what?
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2007, 08:29:35 AM »
The Gillette Mach3 Challenger has the potential (and the wheels if not on salt) but the bike remains in the ownership of the National Motorcycle Museum in the UK.

If not that, then do we have members who have access to something stronger than moonshine or 'wacky backy' as we call it in the UK?

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Re: 450+ what?
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2007, 09:26:26 AM »
The same vehicle that has already done it... Burklands maybe... Would be my guess...

Nish depending on motor combination, maybe Ron Mains car will suprise even himself?????

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Re: 450+ what?
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2007, 11:27:21 AM »
maybe Ron Mains car will suprise even himself?????

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Re: 450+ what?
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2007, 12:41:04 PM »
main is entered in an unblown class do ya really think he will go 450?...lol
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Re: 450+ what?
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2007, 01:12:17 PM »
We are all serious racers, but Ron is SERIOUS. I'm working on a plug the old fashioned way with a lot of elbow grease. Ron skips the plug and goes straight to the mold . . . with a CNC. Yep, the mold is made on a CNC and straight to Scaled Composites to make the body. Yeah, he's serious. I think 400 is the starting point, and then . . . well, George Poteet better hang on!
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Re: 450+ what?
« Reply #8 on: July 25, 2007, 01:17:18 PM »
main is entered in an unblown class do ya really think he will go 450?...lol
Kent

Class changes are very easy, and im sure this picture has a future involved and a story to tell... And im pretty sure its not just for show...

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Yes the Poteet & Main....

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Re: 450+ what?
« Reply #9 on: July 25, 2007, 01:25:34 PM »
You can forget 450+ at Speedweek for now because they will not be afforded the space in either direction. :wink:
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Re: 450+ what?
« Reply #10 on: July 25, 2007, 02:46:01 PM »
Maybe somebody thought Fossett would be running at Speedweek  :-)

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Re: 450+ what?
« Reply #11 on: July 25, 2007, 03:31:20 PM »
21% error rate is as close to reality as you can expect. :wink:
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Re: 450+ what?
« Reply #12 on: July 25, 2007, 03:35:00 PM »
My math tells me jack figures 355.5 or so.

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Re: 450+ what?
« Reply #13 on: July 25, 2007, 03:52:22 PM »
My math tells me jack figures 355.5 or so.

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Re: 450+ what?
« Reply #14 on: July 26, 2007, 03:04:16 PM »
main is entered in an unblown class do ya really think he will go 450?...lol
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